# áncora
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* âncora (reintegrationist)
* angla

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ancora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ancora, a probable borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Cognate with Portuguese âncora, Spanish ancla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaŋkʊɾɐ]

### Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)
* (nautical) anchor
** 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
    con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo
       with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their windlasses, and a hawser made of hemp

#### Related terms

* ancoradoiro
* ancorar
* ancoraxe

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ancora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ancora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ancora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “áncora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “áncora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “áncora”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ancora. Doublet of ancla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈankoɾa/ [ˈãŋ.ko.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -ankoɾa
* Syllabification: án‧co‧ra

### Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)
* (nautical) anchor
    Synonym: ancla

#### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like áncora take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el áncora. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al áncora, del áncora.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un áncora or una áncora. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor áncora, una buena áncora.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el áncora única, un(a) áncora buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

#### Derived terms

* ancorar

### Further reading

* “áncora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10